now backed by allstate. click or call. >> an as details continue to emerge about the manti te'o girlfriend hoax, one group that didn't do their job, so-called mainstream media. the journalists helped to perpetuate this. new york times admit the error acknowledging the paper wrote about his fake girlfriend five times and read in part, quote, the truly strange and still unfolding tale of notre dame football star and his nonexistent dead girlfriend has lessons for journalists including those at the times and in the meantime, and very soon, a refresher course in verification for every news room department would be a very good idea. she's absolutely right. the paper of record is one after dozen news organizations that did not do their homework, their research and last night espn anchor who interviewed manti back in october, he said this, let's watch. >> in researching it before i wrote the script, i remember trying to find an obituary for his girlfriend and could not, and couldn't find any record of this car acci